Author: Staff Writer

PolarSat said it entered into a long-term strategic agreement with General Post and Telecom Co. (GPTC) of Libya under which PolarSat will deliver its VSAT technology to GPTC clients throughout...

SES Americom announced that In Demand Networks has moved InHD Networks and on-demand content delivery to the AMC-10 satellite. The specific terms of the deal were not disclosed, but SES...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) said LBiSat LLC signed a new lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2. Specifics on how much capacity was leased...

COM DEV International Ltd. named Keith Ainsworth as chairman of the company’s board of directors. He most recently served as the deputy chairman, and was the company’s CEO from 1999...

The World Teleport Association named the recipients of its tenth annual Teleport Awards for Excellence for 2004. The winners include: Teleport Operator of the Year: Teleport Internacional Buenos Aires Teleport...

GlobeCast America said it named Ricardo Calderon as its regional representative for Latin America in the company’s new sales office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

DirecTV Inc. said Judge R. Gary Klausner for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California awarded the company $21.7 million in damages stemming from a lawsuit DirecTV...

DRS Technologies Inc. said it received a new contract to develop and deliver advanced infrared sensor modules to support the Wide-field Infrared Survey Experiment (WISE) mission of the National Aeronautics...

Hughes Network Systems Inc. (HNS) said it is providing USA Today with Direcway multicast services, allowing publisher Gannett Co. to deliver its national weekday newspaper with customized regional advertising and...

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. said the Russian Express-AM2 was successfully launched March 29 on a Proton-K rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:31 p.m. GMT. In-orbit testing...